Climate Change Adaptation Workshop for Natural Resource Managers in the Gunnison Basin
The Nature Conservancy convened a two-day workshop entitled Climate Change Adaptation Workshop for Natural Resource Managers in the Gunnison Basin on December 2-3, 2009 in Gunnison, Colorado. The goal of the workshop was to identify management strategies to help native plants, animals and ecosystems adapt to a changing climate and lay the groundwork for their implementation in the Gunnison Basin. Fifty-seven representatives of 20 state and federal agencies, local governments, academic institutions, and non-governmental organizations participated. Over the course of two days, participants identified adaptation strategies under two climate change scenarios – one moderate, and one more extreme – for three conservation features: Gunnison Sage-grouse, headwaters, and alpine wetlands ecosystem. The workshop was the second in a series of four workshops organized by the Southwest Climate Change Initiative (SWCCI), a project of TNC and collaborators from the Wildlife Conservation Society, USDA Forest Service, University of Arizona and University of Washington.
Citation:
Neely, B., P. McCarthy, M. Cross, C. Enquist, G. Garfin, D. Gori, G. Hayward, and T. Schulz. 2010. Climate Change Adaptation Workshop for Natural Resource Managers in the Gunnison Basin: Summary. Southwest Climate Change Initiative, The Nature Conservancy.